Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by Rich. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rich or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Forces Older Than Memory: Jung's Archetypal Psychology and the Patterns That Possess Us

7:20
 
Share
 

Manage episode 486937803 series 3669908
Content provided by Rich. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rich or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

What if the "self" you think you know is actually a collection of ancient psychological patterns moving through you like weather systems? In this journey into Carl Jung's archetypal psychology, we explore how transpersonal forces older than memory shape our thoughts, behaviors, and choices before we're even consciously aware of them.

We examine the major archetypes, persona, shadow, anima/animus, mother, father, lover, sage, and trickster, not as abstract concepts, but as living energies that possess us in different moments of our lives. From the ultra-competent professional who can't show weakness to the perpetual caregiver who's lost touch with their own needs, we discover how archetypal possession creates both our greatest strengths and our deepest suffering.

This isn't psychology as self-improvement, but as recognition of the vast, uncontrollable forces that participate in what we call "personality." Jung's concept of individuation reveals that becoming who we truly are isn't about mastering these forces, but developing conscious relationship with them.

Maybe we're not meant to master the self. Maybe we're just meant to listen more closely to the patterns we've mistaken for personality and to wonder who's really speaking when we say "I."

  continue reading

One episode

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 486937803 series 3669908
Content provided by Rich. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rich or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

What if the "self" you think you know is actually a collection of ancient psychological patterns moving through you like weather systems? In this journey into Carl Jung's archetypal psychology, we explore how transpersonal forces older than memory shape our thoughts, behaviors, and choices before we're even consciously aware of them.

We examine the major archetypes, persona, shadow, anima/animus, mother, father, lover, sage, and trickster, not as abstract concepts, but as living energies that possess us in different moments of our lives. From the ultra-competent professional who can't show weakness to the perpetual caregiver who's lost touch with their own needs, we discover how archetypal possession creates both our greatest strengths and our deepest suffering.

This isn't psychology as self-improvement, but as recognition of the vast, uncontrollable forces that participate in what we call "personality." Jung's concept of individuation reveals that becoming who we truly are isn't about mastering these forces, but developing conscious relationship with them.

Maybe we're not meant to master the self. Maybe we're just meant to listen more closely to the patterns we've mistaken for personality and to wonder who's really speaking when we say "I."

  continue reading

One episode

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Copyright 2025 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | | Copyright
Listen to this show while you explore
Play